Immediately after, pin-drop silence followed as all the murmurs were instantly quelled.
Once silence was regained, the murderous aura in the air retreated back to the Ancient One, who slowly took his hand off the table as he calmly sat back in his seat.
"The reason why you're all shocked is very well understood by me..." King Auremis said, his voice as calm and as deadly as ever.
"It is right for you all to be afraid—and heartwarming it is, as your fear is not born of your own lives, but the lives of the Younglings."
"The Gates of Soulless Ruin is a punishment ground for the evil-doers among us, most especially used on those who have betrayed us, falling to the words and promise of the enemies."
"It was something that even the Guardians themselves used to fear as we all know once one goes in, then only the righteous will exit."
"It used to go by the phrase:
